About Us

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About Us
Who is Stand Together?

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, a unique network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

Our North Star

Stand Together is working to move toward a society where everyone has the opportunity to live a life of meaning and succeed by benefitting others.

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A philanthropic community with national scale

Complex problems require a comprehensive approach. That's why the Stand Together community partners with a wide diversity of changemakers, including thousands of nonprofit leaders, Fortune 50 CEOs and philanthropists, NFL legends, civil rights leaders, Grammy-winning musicians, and grassroots policy activists.

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Our history & leadership

Stand Together was founded in 2003, but our story really started more than 50 years ago. It began with our founder Charles Koch — the chairman and co-CEO of one of the largest private companies in America and a Forbes Top 25 philanthropist who has donated $7 billion to nonprofit causes over his lifetime.

Brian Hooks is the chairman and CEO of Stand Together. He is co-author with Charles of Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World and a TIME 100 Next honoree, featuring leaders shaping the future of their fields. 

Watch Charles and Brian answer frequently asked questions about Stand Together’s approach to philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, funding, politics, and more.
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Learn more about the ways Stand Together is empowering people to solve our country's biggest problems.

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Stand Together Announces First NBA Deal Rooted in New Initiatives in Team Effort with Café Momentum, Per Scholas and Empowered

November 15, 2024

 Founder and kids jumping - Friends of the Children is an international nonprofit organization that selects and invites youth – all of whom have unique talents, interests and dreams, and face multiple systemic obstacles – to be paired with a paid, professional mentor called a Friend. We hire and train Friends to support our youth from as early as age 4 through high school graduation – 12+ years, no matter what. ICYMI: Chronicle of Philanthropy — Op-Ed: The ‘Other Side’ May Win the Election. But Funders Can Still Spark Change

Why Election Season Is Hurting Your Mental Health—And How to Regain It

October 31, 2024

 Photo Credit: @JMCollective ICYMI: Marcus King on How Artists Can Navigate Staying Sober

In a Billboard Op-Ed Marcus King Shares How Partnering with 1 Million Strong Helped Him Foster a Sober-Supportive Community on The Road

October 23, 2024

 240729_STT_EdupreneurConvening_KMAL_855709_0171.jpg ICYMI: Stand Together Trust K-12 convening creates support beyond funding for innovators

Working together to create more sustainability in new K12 learning models

October 22, 2024
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